Motivating Language Learners during Times of Crisis through Project-based Learning: Filming Activities at the Arab International University (AIU)

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1649 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dareen Assaf
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Critical Conditions ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Intermediate Students ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
International University

Times of crisis and the critical conditions that Syrian students have experienced during the last six years have a significant influence on their level of motivation, their academic performance and their attitudes towards their study in general and language learning in specific. This study explores the effects of project-based learning through video making on students' motivation and attitudes towards English courses in comparison to the negative effects produced by the traditional teaching which is mainly based on textbooks. This research is carried out at Arab international university, Foreign Language Center. A total of 24 intermediate students from three different majors participated in the study. Data were drawn from a number of resources including group discussions and informal notes, student self-evaluation questionnaire, and students' performance results. The learning outcomes were remarkable. The motivational level and the attitudes of the experimental group in the second part of the course in which project-based learning sessions were held improved and witnessed a difference in performance comparing it to the first eight weeks of the course in which traditional teaching approach was implemented. Moreover, the learners have improved their linguistic skills when attempting to write the video scripts in addition to developing their oral presentation skills, team work, and their organization and planning skills.

scholarly journals Speaking Practice Outside the Classroom: A Literature Review of Asynchronous Multimedia-based Oral Communication in Language Learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric H. Young ◽  
Rick E. West
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Technical Training ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Learner Perceptions ◽  
Speaking Skills

<p>Classroom instruction provides a limited amount of quality speaking practice for language learners. Asynchronous multimedia-based oral communication is one way to provide learners with quality speaking practice outside of class. Asynchronous multimedia-based oral communication helps learners develop presentational speaking skills and raise their linguistic self-awareness. Twenty-two peer-reviewed journal articles studying the use of asynchronous multimedia-based oral communication in language learning were reviewed, (1) to explore how asynchronous oral communication has been used to improve learner speaking skills, and (2) to investigate what methodologies are commonly used to measure and analyze language gains from using asynchronous multimedia-based oral communication to improve learner speaking skills. In this study we present three principal findings from the literature. First, asynchronous multimedia-based oral communication has been used in conjunction with a variety of instructional methods to promote language gains in terms of fluency, accuracy and pronunciation. Second, the methods found in this review were technical training, preparatory activities, project-based learning, and self-evaluation with revision activities. Third, the majority of previous studies demonstrating the effectiveness of these methods have relied on learner perceptions of language gains rather than on recordings of learner speech.</p>

The Making of Adult Learners through Project-Based Learning

2013 ◽  
pp. 399-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen W. M. Yeh
Keyword(s):  
Community Colleges ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Action Learning ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Work Skills ◽  
Traditional Teaching Methods ◽  
Second Chance

Different learning theories including action learning, experiential learning, and project-based learning have been used in adult learning, which usually takes place in community colleges. Since 2000, Hong Kong universities have established their own community college to provide a second chance for individuals to further studies in universities or gain work skills to facilitate their return to the society. Among all approaches, project-based learning is the most popular approach in English language learning in community colleges because the traditional teaching methods did not work well on passive and dependent Chinese students. This chapter discusses the features of project-based language learning and then examines the language students’ perceptions towards project-based learning so as to better the program design. The findings show that students have developed reading, writing, and research skills through group projects, and the language teacher, feedback, and collaboration are vital to the success of project-based learning.

A multilingual refugee, a personal experience

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-178
Author(s):  
Ghaith Alhallak
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Host Community ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Educational Methods ◽  
Cultural Organizations

Abstract The refugee is the person who has fled his or her country for reasons of war, racial discrimination, vengeance, sectarian massacres or other reasons. Many refugees have left everything behind them to reach a society that is completely different from their own, creating many challenges. Perhaps the most important of these challenges is to learn the language of the host country, which is the key that opens the door to integration in all its forms. Overcoming the challenges in language learning occurs not only through teaching institutions, but society also plays a major role. Thus, we can say that the process of teaching the language to newcomers is a combination of the efforts of the relevant educational institutions as well as those of social and cultural organizations and individuals. In this report, I review the process of teaching foreign languages to refugees and migrants, based on my personal experience as a refugee student and as a language teacher for foreigners, which I have been at the same time for more than three years. The article does not address educational methods as much as the steps that I believe should be taken into consideration in the process of trying to integrate refugees in their host community culturally and linguistically. These steps, which may often have more of an impact than the traditional teaching process, are not confined to the field of educational institutions, but go beyond them to reach social and cultural organizations.

Service Animals and Pet Therapy in Schools: Synthesizing a Review of the Literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Virginie Abat-Roy
Keyword(s):  
Program Implementation ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Pet Therapy ◽  
Emotional Needs ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Social ◽  
State Of Research

As the academic and social-emotional needs of students in schools continue to increase, so too does the presence of dogs in educational spaces. This article aims to present an overview of past and present animal-assisted intervention practices in school settings. This comprehensive literature review examines the current state of research within this field of study. Data from 29 publications were selected according to strict inclusion and exclusion criteria. The results highlight three categories in which the presence of dogs in schools have an impact: social-emotional, cognitive, and physiological. Challenges to program implementation include health risks, cultural context, and negative effects on the animal. Due to the lack of school-based research, more study is needed, especially in order to understand the effect of dogs on the social-emotional learning of students. Finally, the welfare and training of the animals involved should be taken into consideration, and regulations regarding handler and animal training should be enforced.

Teaching linguistics through language construction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yılmaz Köylü
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Learning Skills ◽  
The Us ◽  
Students First ◽  
Long Course ◽  
High Level ◽  
Semantic Properties ◽  
Specific Project

Abstract This article details how introductory linguistics courses can increase student engagement and learning through a project-based approach, whereby the students first study the subfields of linguistics with a view to complete the main project of the course, namely to construct a novel language. I provide information from a semester-long course with specific project-based activities teachers could utilize in their classes. I also thoroughly examine the constructed language projects based on 33 student submissions in an introductory linguistics course in the US. The analysis indicates a high level of engagement and creativity by the students in creating a distinct orthography, phonetic, morphological, and syntactic rules and semantic properties for their constructed languages. The results from a 20-item questionnaire and student exit interviews indicate that the project-based approach adopted in the completion of their constructed languages proved effective in (a) improving student motivation and engagement; (b) helping students apply the knowledge of the material to carry out linguistic analysis; (c) enhancing students’ language learning skills; (d) encouraging them to study additional foreign languages; and finally (e) promoting linguistic diversity. Hence, as an innovative and effective method still in its infancy, project-based learning should be more widely implemented in linguistics instruction.

scholarly journals Implementing Project-Based Learning (PBL) in Final Collection to Improve the Quality of Fashion Design Student

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Indarti Indarti
Keyword(s):  
Design Education ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Fashion Design ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Literature Searches ◽  
Student Motivations

Fashion design education is one of education that prepares students to work in fashion design field. Students research future fashion trends, sketch designs, select colors, fabrics and patterns, and give instructions on how to make the products they designed. Fashion design education not only nurture and develop student’s creative skills, it also teaches essential practical skills such as production techniques and material properties, to create a final product. According to this, new educational methods and strategies are needed in order engage students in the learning process and guarantee higher quality. Project-based learning (PBL) is example of educational approach that takes in account student-center learning. Project based learning (PBL) provides opportunities for students to build these qualities, as well as more deeply learn traditional academic content and understand how it applies to the real world. The methods of Literature review will apply in this research. Literature searches process through journal, proceeding and book. Literature searches are also undertaken most using computer and electronic databases. PBL methodology enhances students learning and improves students’ confident, technical skill, soft skill and prepare graduate for professional practice. The benefit of implementing PBL are increase team work skill and student motivations, articulation between theory and practice, inquiry and problem solving.

scholarly journals Human Resources Competency in the Era of Industrial Revolution 4.0

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Damayanti Damayanti
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
General Education ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Literacy Leadership ◽  
New Literacy ◽  
Mental Maturity ◽  
Workforce Skills ◽  
Hr Function

<p>An era of technological disruption is marked by digitization in various lives. Apart from offering benefits, the industrial revolution 4.0 also has challenges that must be faced. The challenges faced by a country when implementing the 4.0 industrial revolution are the emergence of resistance to changes in demographics and social aspects, instability in political conditions, limited resources, risk of natural disasters and demands for the application of environmentally friendly technology. The PESTEL framework is the basis for considering political, economic, social, technical, environmental and legal factors to analyze challenges in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0. Indonesia needs to improve the quality of workforce skills with digital technology. The relevance of education and work needs to be adjusted to the development of the era and science and technology while still paying attention to aspects of humanities. It is important to identify in competency classification, including: 1) Technical competence consists of all knowledge and skills related to work, 2) Methodological competencies include all skills and abilities for general problem solving and decision making, 3) Social competence includes all skills and abilities as well as attitudes to cooperate and communicate with others, and 4) Personal competence includes social values, motivation, and individual attitudes. New literacy, leadership, team work, mental maturity and character, culture and entrepreneurship make HR function properly in the community. The development of thematic studies in various disciplines is linked to the real world, project-based learning, through general education (extra-curricular) programs, and internships/practical work and the important thing that can support it is foreign language skills. Thus, competent human resources (HR), critical thinking, lateral thinking and entrepreneurship can be realized.</p>

scholarly journals Interactions plurielles d’étudiants en autoformation guidée et autonomisation | Interactions and Autonomization of Students in a Guided Self-Learning Environment

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Cappellini ◽  
Martine Eisenbeis ◽  
Annick Rivens Mompean
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Formal Learning ◽  
Nous Proposons ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Learning Journal ◽  
Self Learning

Nous interrogeons les formes d’interactions des apprenants dans un parcours d’autoapprentissage guidé en langues. Le dispositif comprend un centre de ressources en langues, des entretiens et un journal de bord réflexif sur leurs activités dont certaines visent des interactions : tandem, réseaux sociaux, etc. À partir de questionnaires et d’extraits de journaux de bord, nous proposons une typologie des interactions qui nous conduit d’une part à interroger les apprentissages formels, non formels ou informels, d’autre part à relier ces interactions aux différentes catégories de l’autonomisation : autodirection, planification et choix des ressources, autorégulation et choix des stratégies, autoévaluation.We analyze the way interactions take place among learners in a self-directed language learning environment. It gathers a language learning centre, individual interviews and a reflexive learning journal describing their activities, which may include interactions such as tandem, social networks, etc. We rely on questionnaires and learning journal extracts that help us build a typology of interactions. This leads us to discuss the notion of formal, informal and non-formal learning and to associate these interactions with several categories for the development of autonomy: self-direction, planning and choosing resources, self-regulation and choice of strategies and self-evaluation.

scholarly journals Exploring Learners' and Teacher's Participation in Online Non-Formal Project-Based Language Learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 73-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Sampurna ◽  
Agnes Kukulska-Hulme ◽  
Ursula Stickler
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Web 2.0 Tools ◽  
Google Docs

This article reports on the implementation of online project-based language learning in a non-formal educational context. Project-based learning may enable additional out-of-class language practice and digital technologies can support this activity, but little is known about whether learners will participate. Twenty-one tertiary learners from across Indonesia used multiple Web 2.0 tools to collaboratively create English learning materials for children as a project over the course of four weeks. Online data, learners' reflections, and interviews were analysed using content analysis. The study explores participation levels among learners and their teacher. Findings suggest that while learners' participation varied considerably, the teacher's participation was consistently the highest in all platforms except Google Docs. Learners had different attitudes towards their own and their peers' contribution, but generally valued the teacher's participation.

scholarly journals A Case Study on Mobile-Blended Collaborative Learning in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Context

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hulya Avci ◽  
Tufan Adiguzel
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Positive Effects

As learning a foreign language poses a number of challenges for the students, it has become indispensable to search for “optimal” conditions to enhance opportunities of engaging in the target language. Within this context, the Mobile-Blended Collaborative Learning model has been integrated in and out of the classroom learning in order to enable language learners to practice English by means of collaborative, authentic language activities based on project-based learning approach. The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of using mobile instant messaging application, WhatsApp on the language proficiency of EFL students.  Participants (N = 85) were enrolled in five upper-intermediate prep classes at a foundation university in Istanbul and took part in a seven-week Project Work. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions, self- and peer evaluations of group work, a rubric for assessing project work, and log files of WhatsApp conversations. Results revealed practicing English in an authentic setting where the students used the target language for a real purpose facilitated their language learning, improved their communication skills and vocabulary knowledge, and made them recognize colloquial English. Additionally, instant messaging in an informal platform for educational purposes had positive effects on their performance and the quality of their work.

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